#2E438E#2E438E

#2E438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.127 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E438E
RGB	rgb(46, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 17.73, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 47.57, 291.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% -0.0033 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.127 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0147, 6.5474, 26.4273)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E438E #8E792E

analogous

#2E738E #2E438E #492E8E

triadic

#2E438E #8E2E43 #438E2E

tetradic

#2E438E #8E2E73 #8E792E #2E8E49

square

#2E438E #8E2E73 #8E792E #2E8E49

split-complementary

#2E438E #8E492E #738E2E

monochromatic

#101732 #1F2D60 #2E438E #3D59BC #687FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#2E438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#2E438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E438E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E438E	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.127 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7276b0',
    500: '#2e438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e438e;
$custom-light: #7276b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40959,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E438E

secondary

#B5A363

accent

#BC4DDB

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EDEDF5

border

#C8C8CF

text

#090810

muted

#7B7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E438E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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